A former postal service worker faces charges that he stole prescription painkillers from the mail and later broke into the Skyland Boulevard post office.

A federal grand jury indicted Nicholas Steven Davis, 42, of Tuscaloosa on Thursday, according to a joint news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Postal Service Office of Inspector General and the Postal Inspection Service.

Davis is accused of stealing a medical parcel containing 180 tablets of hydrocodone on July 6, 2012. The package was intended for a resident on Lake Lurleen in Coker, according to the release. Davis worked as a distribution clerk at the Skyland post office at the time.

The indictment also charges Davis with breaking into the post office twice last month, on June 7 and June 15, with the intention of committing theft after he was fired. The maximum penalty for each charge is five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.

The Postal Service OIG and Postal Inspection Service investigated the case.